gatorsoc85 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Hello All - I am getting ready to start my PhD program in August and am looking for any resources you may know of on the topic of Faculty/Academia/Academic careers. Books/Articles/etc. that talk about the realities, what to expect, etc. Any help here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewin Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 "The Compleat Academic" is pretty popular in my field, psychology, but I'm not sure how applicable it is to sociology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandarin.orange Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Definitely The Chronicle of Higher Education. You may need a subscription or access through your school's proxy server to read, however. A couple recommended books: The Academic Job Search Handbook The Academic's Handbook I also really like the memoir An Unquiet Mind, by Kay Redfield Jamison. Happy reading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoreCoffee Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 This has been a GREAT book for me: Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century: How to Build an Academic Career in the Humanities I strongly, strongly endorse it. natsteel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriousSillyPutty Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 "Getting What You Came For" is about graduate school (before, during, and after). The internet has made some of its information obsolete (newspaper classified ads? really?) but the advice about networking and such is good. So, not exactly what you're looking for, but I wish I had started reading it before applying, as it gave some good insights about the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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